Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

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Paul b. ShipuAz. In . recent letter 70
Tia Louisvills COurssr-JoaxRsl, dsfends
TIE wife Of Ahrahan Lincoln aad denies
many q the stores which are eonEinually
being told esnceFning her. he denies.
anong Others the current sssry that Mrs.
lincoln sp7eared At thu funeral Of Col.
Z. d. Baker IN . lilac six dress. He also
questions tia general belisf concerning
her insanity. HIS letter 10 carefully writ
ten and viii d5abtless attract much aften-
ttsn-
Patrick Carrell- good looking young
man. was rscspsly srra'gnsd In the Cam
bridge Massaehusss q Municipal Court
on charge Of throwing stones st street
car during . rios Of the striking car
drivers. He admitted the charge. bat
plead that he was drunk sna did net
know what be was doing. His wife and
children also plead for his release He
was. however. sentenced TO one years
imprisonment In passing ssntsnce
Jusgs circuit addressed 70 him the fol-
lowing impressive remarks:
n there IA ore thing which has been
settled in the crir.inai courts Of the coun-
try Il Ia that d unkeDnsss Is no excuse Tor
c-fms. A man 10 just 80 Hao'e for
crime committed while drunk - While
aofe or, although the fact Of his CONDITION
msy sometimes weigh In mitigation OF
sentence. In this esses however. Is might
have hean an assault with tntent 20 XIII
The man who throws q stone Of the size
that this man did. At . car In Ehirh are
many pannengera ladies 0nd children.
ana might have caused death, may fntFly
Be oailed guilty Of an assault with intent
to Kill. Although the result does not
tSrs out e b . ssoSs; !, + ne ssP Pc
punished severely. II has come 60
pretty pass that people in civilized
country cannot travel In renraed cars
" thnut runzins the risk Of a. attsck Of
this kind. In this case propose TO IN
poee q sentence that the defendant VIII
to others Who may have an idea OF com
hitting Ike criEe.
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while practicing law . numter Of
ysars ago. says Judge TourTee Il had .
peculiar win case. An old lady. Who was
. sIave-holdsr. dying. SsQuesthed her
colored man. John. and her dusky maid.
Jane, whe sustained to each other the re-
Iation Of husband and wife. toths truftess
Of the church. TO be used as far - posi-
BILE fer the glory Of Ged.' was curious
to know what course was taken. and
upon investigation found that aftsr med
itation and prayer. thepious trustees sold
their living legacy ct auction. and with
the proceeds sent missionary TO Chiusf'
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The womans Christian Temperance
Unjsn Of West Union, Fayette ceuuty,
Iowa. fas been shamefully duped. II the
following special telegram from that
place to the Chicago He aid IL 70 be b.
lieved:
The womsn's Christian Temperance
Union Of this county has been faaIfully
duped. deceived AID swiadlea. The pre-
4 n 81 cattle buyers employed BY them 81
detectives to aid In the enforcement OF
the p1ohibitory liquor laws have been
convicted of violating the law Themselves
| By giving Intoxicating liquors 70 minor.
| They have also been arrested and held 70
answer for conspiracy. and In default Of
bail ara now n iel 1T this place. IL I
| unai ratio ID that thsy are charged WIFE
other cfoSsedness. which viii be Invest
gated as soon 80 they are released.
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Sidney Welsh, On English burglar, re
cent arrested in Cleveland. was aTpar
emily de- d when his cell was visited the
other day. Slaps. thakings and cold
water fai'ei 10 revive him. II wa
thought that he had poisoned himself
and doctor care with stomach pump
and Welsh was empt cd. He still re
main dead. BY this time the doctor
was led to the belief that Welsh wal
shamn.ing. 80 no gently tickled him IL
the b. and ihsn the dead maa smiled
But he had proved hin self remarkable
shammer.
Mr.. Arthur Duncombe. NJ. p. In let
ter 10 the Londen Times, sffers the follow
ing curinus excuse for the long.windet
speeches which he and his fellow mem
bers habitually inhict upen each other:
The truth Is, cir. that In these Fay
there are far more talking members Of
the House Of Commons tia there usec
70 be formerly. and he explanation Of Il
IA that we are now 90 pafpetuAlly en-
gagged during election campaigns and o.
other times In addressing large or small
meetiHgs Of our constituents. that wheT
| We reach be House ct Commons u d
difficult to discontinue tbs erAtorical
hAtits that are now so natural and uni
versal as well in rural ~ In town con
| stitueucies. lift isexplsnAtlon 10 correct
IL 10. think, little hard that we should
he blamed for giving encOuraeement &c
/ vel ed obstruction when In reality We Art
but the creatures o. circumstance
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Literary men ~ q rule die nobly. They
seem 10 meet death with philosophical
auietude. as did the great Victor Hugs
not long ago. Rousseau. It 10 said. When
dying ordered his attendants to place him
before the window. that he night once
| more behold the setting sun and take his
farewell Of earth. Petrarch was found
dead In his lib arg. with his head upon q
book. We are net told that that book
was . Rible. BA-thelemy was reading
Horace. We are lnformsd. when. bis hand
becoming cold, be dropped the book, his
hssA iRcliDed To ore side and he seemed
esly to sleep. His nephew. however. dis
covered that he was dead. Rayls az.
pirod while eorreetir the prosf che cts CT
his dictionary. Weller died reSeatinE
GENE lines Of Virgil Although taken
away In the midst Of lie, = Keats end
id not come 90 suddenly. When neaz
dsath he was asked By friend how he
felt. Better. n y friend. said he. Il feel
the daisies growing ever me- Disraeh
too. describes Sir Thomas More's xecu
ton. Sir Thomas.- said he. lid moi
foFego his love 81 jest. even whsn mount.
Ing the seaffold-- The stout.heArtsd
knight 1t appesrA diRurb'd the opprss-
sivs solemnity OF the scene By exclalm
ing. Il pray ycu zee me safe up. and for
my coming down let me shin for myself.
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sKxs1HLE MAuHwoMEN The Female
Suffrage bill pendine in the Maine
/ I,@oislatare has received q serious Set